| Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures | |
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| Developer(s) | Traveller's Tales |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Director(s) | Jon Burton |
| Producer(s) | Steve Wakeman |
| Programmer(s) | Glyn Scragg |
| Artist(s) | James Cunliffe |
| Composer(s) | David Whittaker |
| Series | Lego Indiana Jones |
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| Release | Mac OS X
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is a 2008 Lego-themed action-adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts. Based on the Indiana Jones franchise and the eponymous Lego Indiana Jones toy line, it follows the events of the first three Indiana Jones films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and the Last Crusade. The game includes local co-op mode gameplay as well as puzzle and platformer aspects, and there are 84 playable characters with a variety of special abilities and phobias. As the players go through the stages, they collect Studs, the currency of Lego games, avoid traps, assemble Lego blocks, and engage in combat. Climbing, swinging, and throwing objects as weapons are new inclusions that have not appeared in previous Lego video games by Traveller's Tales.
LucasArts announced the game in 2007, and the developers based the mechanics on prior Lego Star Wars games. The design of puzzles was altered to fit the Indiana Jones franchise, but any mentions of Nazism were removed entirely, with Traveller's Tales attempting to make the game more family-friendly and Lego replacing the figures with similar ones its Indiana Jones Lego sets. The game was advertised at conventions, and a demo version, a Flash Player web game, and a computer-animated short film were all released in 2008. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360 platforms in June 2008, while Feral Interactive released the Mac OS X in November 2008. It was later made available on Steam in 2009.
The game received generally favourable reviews from critics. Its gameplay, retelling of the films, and co-op mode were commended by reviewers but had conflicting opinions about the second player's artificial intelligence and game mechanics. Reviewers also praised the game's graphics, environments, and soundtrack but disagreed on the sound effects. The Wii and Xbox 360 versions garnered praise; however, the PSP version was criticised for its puzzles, excessive loading times, and lack of multiplayer support. A mobile Lego Indiana Jones game and a sequel, Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, were released in 2008 and 2009, respectively.